2007–08 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

2007–08 season
Manager	Ralf Rangnick
Stadium	Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	2nd (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Chinedu Obasi (12)

During the 2007–08 German football season, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim competed in the 2. Bundesliga.

Season summary

Hoffenheim's first ever season in the 2. Bundesliga saw them promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time, as runners-up.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Daniel Haas 3 DF  GER Matthias Jaissle 4 MF  GER Steffen Haas 5 DF  GER Marvin Compper 6 DF  GER Michael Rundio 7 DF  GER Dragan Paljić 9 FW  CRO Tomislav Marić[notes 1] 10 MF  GER Selim Teber 11 MF  GER Jochen Seitz 12 DF  GER Denis Bindnagel 13 DF  HUN Zsolt Lőw 14 DF  GER Christoph Janker 15 DF  CZE Radek Špiláček 16 MF  GER Matthias Keller

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  GER Tobias Weis 18 FW  GER Kai Hesse 19 FW  BIH Vedad Ibišević 20 FW  NGA Chinedu Obasi 21 MF  BRA Luiz Gustavo (on loan from Corinthians Alagoano) 22 FW  GER Francisco Copado 23 MF  BIH Sejad Salihović 24 DF  SWE Per Nilsson 25 DF  GHA Isaac Vorsah (on loan from Asante Kotoko) 26 DF  AUT Andreas Ibertsberger 27 GK  AUT Ramazan Özcan 29 FW  SEN Demba Ba[notes 2] 30 GK  GER Thorsten Kirschbaum 33 MF  BRA Carlos Eduardo

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  GER Marcel Throm (to Sportfreunde Siegen) 8 MF  GER Andreas Mayer (to VfR Aalen)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  BIH Mirnes Mešić (to Kickers Offenbach)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	12 August 2007	18 May 2008	Matchday 1	2nd	34	17	9	8	60	40	+20	050.00
DFB-Pokal	3 August 2007	26 February 2008	First round	Quarter-finals	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	075.00
Total					38	20	9	9	69	47	+22	052.63

Last updated: 1 March 2022
Source: DFB

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2007–08 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach (C, P)	34	18	12	4	71	38	+33	66	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	1899 Hoffenheim (P)	34	17	9	8	60	40	+20	60
3	1. FC Köln (P)	34	17	9	8	62	44	+18	60
4	Mainz 05	34	16	10	8	62	36	+26	58
5	SC Freiburg	34	15	10	9	49	44	+5	55

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	9	8	60	40	+20	60	11	2	4	34	17	+17	6	7	4	26	23	+3

Last updated: 1 March 2022.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W
Position	13	14	17	17	15	13	13	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2008. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

References

1. "FootballSquads - 1899 Hoffenheim - 2007/08".

Notes

1. Marić was born in Heilbronn, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Croatia internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Croatia in May 2002.
2. Ba was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualified to represent Senegal internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Senegal in June 2007.